The Buildbase Bees stage a title party at Brandon tonight, and the Danish trio of Ole Olsen, Tommy Knudsen and John Jorgensen head the guest list.

All three former Coventry captains have flown in to join in the celebrations after Bees lifted their first league title for 17 years with last week's famous win at Belle Vue.

Olsen, a three-times World Champion, captained Bees when they were back-to-back champions in 1978 and 1979, while Knudsen, recognised as one of the best

riders never to have been crowned World Champion, was skipper of the Coventry side who emulated that feat by winning the title in 1987 and 1988. His first official race for the club at Leicester in 1979 produced a 5-1 with Olsen.

Jorgensen, who also rode in the 1987 and 1988 championshipwinning sides, had four different spells with the club, the last of which was as a squad rider last season.

He made 649 appearances for the Bees, a record only bettered by Nigel Boocock.

David Clarke and Andy Hackett, two other members of the triumphant 1988 side, are also due

to be in attendance as the present-day Bees team parade the Elite League trophy in front of the Brandon fans for the first time.

Bees also have a job to do on the track, with the third and final leg of the Craven Shield semi-final seeing them start three points adrift of group leaders Peter-borough, and two behind Poole. Peterborough have 73 points, Poole 72 and Bees 70.

They are again likely to use Martin Smolinski rather than Morten Risager at No.6, though a final decision was being made today. Risager failed to score at

Peterborough on Tuesday and was replaced by Smolinski at Poole on Wednesday night.

Bees co-boss Colin Pratt is cautiously optimistic that Bees can finish top of the group.

He said: "We had one or two mishaps in the two away legs, not least the fact the referee made a bad mistake at Poole on Wednesday night. But it is in our own hands to go through by winning tonight's meeting."